Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!uwasa.fi!ts From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Changing option character from / to - Message-ID: <1990Sep21.162048.15978@uwasa.fi> Date: 21 Sep 90 16:20:48 GMT References: <6867.26f929ec@vax1.tcd.ie> Organization: University of Vaasa Lines: 38 In article <6867.26f929ec@vax1.tcd.ie> rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie writes: >Does anyone know how to change the MS-DOS option character from / to something >else? What I want to do is to change it from / to -, so you can type DIR -W >instead of DIR /W. This will free the / character for use as a directory name >separator so you can type DIR DIRNAME/FILENAME instead of DIR DIRNAME\FILENAME >(the MS-DOS routines will accept / as well as \ but COMMAND.COM won't). > TSUTLD18.ARC Fourth set of Utilities, T.Salmi Filename Comment Date Time CRC -------- -------------------------------- ---- ---- --- ADJCURS.BAT Batch shell for adjusting cursor 09-07-90 10:20:22 777B BIGCURS.EXE Make the cursor better visible 12-05-89 14:45:36 48D3 BIGNCURS.EXE NonResident temporary big cursor 11-29-89 16:17:26 E7CA CAPS.EXE Get/set keyboard toggles 07-19-90 14:22:44 BD6B FILES.EXE Summary of your different files 09-08-90 13:07:08 2660 KEYRATE.EXE Set keyboard repeat rate & delay 07-21-90 21:59:44 6DFD POPSCR.EXE Pop screen from image file 09-09-90 11:44:56 BF17 PSK.EXE Dis/enable the PrintScreen key 06-16-90 08:47:50 B029 PUSHSCR.EXE Push screen to image file 09-09-90 11:44:52 04B8 SETPRT.EXE Set PrintScreen retry times 07-10-90 12:07:20 4740 --> SWITCHAR.EXE Makes Unix freaks feel at home 11-26-89 21:25:32 DB26 TODAY.EXE Scan disk for files made today 07-19-90 15:07:40 B345 TSPROG.INF List of PD programs from T.Salmi 04-03-90 17:37:40 38AB TSUTLD.INF Document 09-09-90 11:46:34 5A32 TSUTLD.NWS News announcements about tsutld 09-09-90 11:10:48 1A05 VAASA.INF Info: Finland, Vaasa, U of Vaasa 02-02-90 11:52:54 F6C0 WARMBOOT.EXE Reboot without memory tests 09-08-90 15:28:40 ECDD ---- ------ ------ ----- 0017 136268 100933 26% /pc/ts/tsutld18.arc is available by anonymous ftp from chyde.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun